West Point Cemetery

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West Point Cemetery is a historic military burial ground at the United States Military Academy, serving as the final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic cemetery
military cemetery
burialPolicy restricted to eligible USMA graduates, their families, and certain military personnel
burialType columbarium niches
in-ground graves
mausoleums
commemorates service and sacrifice of United States Army personnel
country United States of America
hasAccess controlled access through United States Military Academy
hasChapel Old Cadet Chapel
hasCoordinateLocation 41.399°N 73.963°W
hasMemorial monument to Civil War dead
monument to Mexican–American War dead
monument to War of 1812 dead
monument to various US wars and campaigns
hasPart Old Cadet Chapel
monuments and memorials to USMA graduates
section for Revolutionary War dead reinterred
hasUse military burial ground
national military shrine
hasView Hudson River
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
inception 1817
locatedIn United States Military Academy
West Point, New York
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory New York
surface form: New York (state)

Orange County, New York
locatedOnTerrainFeature Hudson River plateau at West Point
notableBurial Daniel Butterfield
Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check)
George Armstrong Custer
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.
surface form: H. Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.

John J. Pershing
General Lucius D. Clay
surface form: Lucius D. Clay

Sylvanus Thayer
William Westmoreland
Winfield Scott
operatedBy United States Military Academy
ownedBy United States Army
partOf United States Military Academy historic district
primaryBurialPopulation American military leaders
United States Army officers
graduates of the United States Military Academy
significance final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders
symbol of the history and traditions of the United States Military Academy
website https://westpoint.edu (section on cemetery)

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West Point, New York hasLandmark West Point Cemetery
Winfield Scott burialPlace West Point Cemetery
James M. Gavin burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. burialPlace West Point Cemetery
William Westmoreland burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States
John Eisenhower burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Cemetery
George Washington Goethals burialPlace West Point Cemetery
Frank Borman burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Edward White burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States
Jumpin' Jim placeOfBurial West Point Cemetery
subject surface form: James M. Gavin
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Frederick Dent Grant burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States
Ethan Allen Hitchcock burialPlace West Point Cemetery
General Lucius D. Clay burialPlace West Point Cemetery
subject surface form: Lucius D. Clay
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York
United States Military Academy historic district hasPart West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: West Point cemetery
George Armstrong Custer burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
John Buford burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Daniel Butterfield placeOfBurial West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Mickey Marcus burialPlace West Point Cemetery
John C. H. Lee buriedAt West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Cemetery
Alexander M. Patch burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Margaret Corbin burialPlace West Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: West Point Cemetery (reinterred remains)